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After Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Peter Connelly and Victoria Climbié: what should social workers do?

This is a digital-only ThinkIn. Every time we learn of the horrendous abuse of a child a spotlight is shone on the child protection system. Reviews are launched and the same lessons learned – but it keeps on happening. At the same time, the care system is struggling with more children than have been removed from their families since records began in the early 1990s. It falls on social workers to support families, identify abuse, and marshall the care system. It’s one of the hardest jobs in the world. Is there a different way social workers could do it? editor and invited experts Liz Moseley Editor Beverley-Barnett Jones Associate Director for System and Impact, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Cathy Ashley Chief Executive, Family Rights Group Dame Rachel de Souza Children’s Commissioner for England Polly Curtis Journalist and author of Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families – and How to Mend Them

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The hardest word: what are we prepared to forgive?

This is a newsroom ThinkIn. In-person and digital-only tickets are available. Everyone makes mistakes, both professional and personal. Everyone is capable of saying something stupid, or making a wrong call. The consequences can be terrible. Today, lives can be ripped apart and reputations ruined forever in a heartbeat, but who governs the rules of redemption and are they equally applied to everyone? How is the severity of the mistake and the accountability for it moderated? How do we understand and respond to public “apologies”? What does this say about the nature of an apology in the modern world? What does it really mean to be held “accountable” by the public today? Do we too often let the facts become incongruent to the narrative of the moment? Are we running the risk of putting anyone off from taking on positions of professional responsibility – or just some people?  editor and invited experts Liz MoseleyMember’s Editor Dr Ray JonesEmeritus Professor of Social Work at Kingston University and St. George’s, University of London, and a registered social worker. He is the author of ‘The Story of Baby P: setting the record straight’ Patrick ButlerSocial Policy Editor, The Guardian Sharon ShoesmithFormer Director of Children’s Services for Haringey Council, and author of Learning from Baby P: The Politics of Blame, Fear and Denial

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After Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Peter Connelly and Victoria Climbié: what should social workers do?

This is a digital-only ThinkIn. Every time we learn of the horrendous abuse of a child a spotlight is shone on the child protection system. Reviews are launched and the same lessons learned – but it keeps on happening. At the same time, the care system is struggling with more children than have been removed from their families since records began in the early 1990s. It falls on social workers to support families, identify abuse, and marshall the care system. It’s one of the hardest jobs in the world. Is there a different way social workers could do it? editor and invited experts Liz Moseley Editor Beverley-Barnett Jones Associate Director for System and Impact, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Cathy Ashley Chief Executive, Family Rights Group Dame Rachel de Souza Children’s Commissioner for England Polly Curtis Journalist and author of Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families – and How to Mend Them

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The hardest word: what are we prepared to forgive?

This is a newsroom ThinkIn. In-person and digital-only tickets are available. Everyone makes mistakes, both professional and personal. Everyone is capable of saying something stupid, or making a wrong call. The consequences can be terrible. Today, lives can be ripped apart and reputations ruined forever in a heartbeat, but who governs the rules of redemption and are they equally applied to everyone? How is the severity of the mistake and the accountability for it moderated? How do we understand and respond to public “apologies”? What does this say about the nature of an apology in the modern world? What does it really mean to be held “accountable” by the public today? Do we too often let the facts become incongruent to the narrative of the moment? Are we running the risk of putting anyone off from taking on positions of professional responsibility – or just some people?  editor and invited experts Liz MoseleyMember’s Editor Dr Ray JonesEmeritus Professor of Social Work at Kingston University and St. George’s, University of London, and a registered social worker. He is the author of ‘The Story of Baby P: setting the record straight’ Patrick ButlerSocial Policy Editor, The Guardian Sharon ShoesmithFormer Director of Children’s Services for Haringey Council, and author of Learning from Baby P: The Politics of Blame, Fear and Denial